The Helpful Guy
Three Texans cross the border into Mexico one night, get drunk and wake up in a Mexican jail. They are told that they are to be executed for their crimes but none of them can remember what they have done.
The first guy is strapped in the electric chair and is asked if he has any last words. He says, “I am a graduate student from the Baylor School of Divinity and I believe in the almighty power of God to intervene on behalf of the innocent.” They throw the switch and nothing happens, so they assume God does not want this guy to die, and they let him go.
The second guy is strapped in and is asked for his last words. “I am a graduate student at the University of Texas School of Law and I believe in the eternal power of Justice to protect the innocent.” The switch is thrown, and again nothing happens. Believing that Justice has intervened, they release him.
The last guy is strapped in and is asked his last words. “I am a graduate student in Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M, and I’ll tell you right now you’ll never electrocute anybody if you don’t replace that burnt fuse.”